- April 5, 2010Among the many oddities of writing proposals is that most RFPs require that the applicant demonstrate extensive collaborations or form…
- March 21, 2010For KU basketball fans, the unthinkable happened yesterday. Our beloved Jayhawks, pre-season Number One and end-of-season Number One in the…
- March 7, 2010Usually I write posts about how to get grants. Today I thought I would give some surefire ways to not…
- February 21, 2010Many RFPs require that you include a timeline that will describe when your project will actually unfold—remember that the "when"…
- January 31, 2010President Obama highlighted his proposed partial "freeze" on discretionary federal spending during his State of the Union address last week,…
- January 24, 2010Jake wrote recently about the perils of being too creative as a grant writer in Never Think Outside the Box:…
- January 17, 2010* Drop in Foundation Giving May Be Steeper than Anticipated. Those of you who want a piece of the action…
- January 10, 2010A New Yorker cartoon I like: If you write proposals, don't be this cat. Any time you're writing to an…
- December 13, 2009Faithful readers know that I'm very fond of what used to be called "B movies," so it should be no…
- December 8, 2009Clients often ask how much money they should request. Our standard answer: ask for the maximum because zeroes are cheap.…
